Layered Mermaid Tail and Storm Tossed Waves From A Colorful Life Designs July 2025 Release

 Hello everyone.  I have a fun card today.  I used a New Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs New July 2025 Release.  Use VonFan10 to save.  Code can be used on your stencils and Card Bling but not on Master Creator Bundles. Without further ado here is my card.

I love this New Layered Mermaid 6x6 Stencil.  I love that it's a 6x6 stencil but has 2 layering pieces and negative pieces as well. My tail kinda looks like a Pineapple themed tail 😂 🍍 It's fun though right?  I started out with white cardstock and ink blended with Catherine Pooler Shea Butter ink for the body and for the tail I used Catherine Pooler Skylight ink.  On the scallops area I used Gold ink.  

I then used the negative stencil tail and placed it over my inked tail.  I used the New Storm Tossed Waves 6x9 (love this stencil too) with Catherine Pooler Stone Blue ink.  My background was cut out with a LDRS stitched A2 rectangle die and sentiment was stamped in black ink using Hero Arts Mermaid Wishes Stamp set.  I glued my stenciled rectangle to a A2 card base 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  I embellished with some Satin Matte Gold Card Bling to match.

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New Card Sketch for Build Your Sketch Holiday Cardmakers July 2025

 Hello everyone. Happy July and Happy Christmas in July.  One of my favorite months. I have a Holiday card for the New Sketch 59 Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers.  Lawn Fawn is our sponsor this month. YAY! Without further ado here's my card.

I love this months sketch I used some pattern paper 2 designs from my stash and cut them according to the sketch.  I think this sketch is fun and you can mass produce many cards for the Holidays.  I cut out a scalloped circle in white cardstock and colored it in with a Copic Marker as one of my elements on the sketch.

I chose to use Lawn Fawn.  I used the Eat, Sleep, and Be Merry Stamp and Coordinating dies.  It was a older collaboration STAMPtember set with Simon Says Stamp.  I stamped the sloth and word bubble sentiment with Memento Tuxedo ink on Hammermill cardstock 100 pounds.  I also stamped the sentiment in the word bubble with the same ink.  I cut everything out with the coordinating dies and glued everything to a A2 card base 41/4 x 5 1/2. I hope you'll join us this month just link your card to our FB group album.  I can't wait to see your card or cards and you have the whole month of July.

Ocean Stars From A Colorful Life Designs New July 2025 Release

 Hello everyone.  Happy July.  A Colorful Life Designs has a Amazing New Release you will love it.  I love the Sea theme and all the other stencils for this month. Always something for everyone. You can use my code VonFan10 to save.  Without further ado here is my card.

On my card for today, I used the New Ocean Stars 6x6 Stencil.  This is such a beautiful stencil.  I used white cardstock and ink blended the stencil with Hero Arts Hues Core ink in Periwinkle.  It's a gorgeous blue.  I also used some gold ink this is a retired ink from WPlus9 but it's still my favorite called Old Gold ink.  

I then ciut my background with my paper trimmer to be smaller than A2 size 4 1/4 by 5 1/2.  I glued it to a brown A2 card base 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in a wonky way.  I love when my panels are not straight it makes me smile especially when I do it on purpose.  I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on black cardstock from Simon Says Stamp Simply Thank you stamp set and cut it to be a strip.  I adhered my sentiment and blue card bling with liquid glue.  That finishes this card.  I love how it came out. This stencil is dreamy I think you need it!!

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July Master Creator Bundle Sea Life

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Uniquely Unity And A Challenge

 Hello everyone.  I'm so excited about my card today it's using Unity Stamp Co. and my colors are inspired by the Color Hues Challenge #112 Cobalt and Peach.  Without further ado here is my card.

On my card today I'm using Uniquely Unity Membership for June 2025 called Enduring Connection.  I stamped this rubber stamp on a Manilla ranger tag #8 with Versafine Onyx ink.  Opps I cut the kitty this time but I did get the flowers.  I colored with Karin markers, Altenew size 0 Paint brush, and water.  I also used a Tombow Marker.  After I was done with watercoloring,  I had ink and water on my glass board so I ink smooshed that on my background and I also used my paint brush to color around my image.

When my tag was dry, I noticed my tag was too big for my A2 card so I cut it.  I then wanted the top part of the tag so I cut and glued it on and now it fit the way I wanted it.  I used a Mosaic Flower 6x6 Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs for my background(use VonFan10 to save).  I then used Pinkfresh Studio Peach Fuzz ink cube and a small blending brush on a white 4 x 51/4 cardstock panel.  I stamped a sentiment from the Enduring Connection stamp set with black ink on a strip of cardstock.  I inked it with the same peach fuzz ink as well as a white flower embellishment.

I found some vellum paper in my stash and I decided to use a Tim Holtz distresser cutter and I ripped the edges of my vellum and stenciled background with it. Finally it was time to put my card together.  I popped up my tag with foam tape and the flower had a foam square already in back of it and everything was glued to a A2 card base 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. I love how this card came out I had so much fun with this challenge.  I hope I inspired you.  Hugs. 

Supplies:

Uniquely Unity Membership Enduring Connection June 2025

A Colorful Life Designs Flower Mosaic 6x6 Stencil Use VonFan10

Tim Holtz Paper Distresser Tool

Altenew Watercolor Brushes

Pinkfresh Studio Peach Fuzz ink cube collection

Ranger Mixed Media Manilla Tag #8 

Karin Brush Markers Pro

Tombo Dual Brush Markers

Kat Scrappiness Glitter Blending Brush

Markers Used:

Karin Brush Markers:

 Egyptian Blue, Pale Orange, Warm Gray 3, Almond, Henna, and Rosewood

Tombow Dual Brush Marker:

#565

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You're Simply The Zest!

 Hello everyone.  I have a card today using Creative Worship Stamps formally known as Sweet and Sassy Stamps.  Without further ado here is my card.

I have been loving lemons 🍋lately especially fruits for craft projects.  I used this beautiful retired stamp set from Creative Worship Stamps called Summer Fruits. There is a fruits printable that you can grab called Fruit of the Spirit Line that is available.  On white cardstock 110 pounds I stamped the lemons with Memento Tuxedo ink and colored with my Copic Markers Y15, Y06, YG01, YG11, and Y23.  I then used the Grunge Dots Stencil and inked around my lemons with Concord & 9th Oceanside ink.  I love yellow and blues or yellow and teals together. 😍

Next, I cut my lemons and inked background using my paper trimmer. I have some fruits yellow embossed paper 6x6 from a Michaels paper pad in my stash. Such a fun paper pad and my first time using it. I cut this paper to be A2 size 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  I also cut out some blue glitter paper 12 x12 also from a Michaels paper pad. Yay for using papers in my stash. I cut some strips using my paper trimmer because I knew I wanted to incorporate that blue into my card to match the inked Grunge Dots.  I had some gold doily paper so I wanted to add it also. I then glued everything to a A2 card base 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  I stamped a sentiment with black ink from the retired Summer Fruits Stamp set and adhered it with foam tape after I cut it with my paper trimmer.  Lastly, I added some Glossy Accents for fun on my lemons.  I had so much fun making this card. 

 Thank you for joining me today Hugs!! 💙🍋

Supplies:

Creative Worship Stamps Summer Fruits Stamp 4 x6 Retired

Creative Worship Stamps Fruit Of The Spirit Line Printable

Creative Worship Stamps Grunge Dots Stencil 6x6

I love To Cook Notecard

 Hello everyone.  I have a card today for the Inspired By Canisters #IB341 Challenge.  I love challenges they get me thinking??  Without further ado here is my card.

I have a cooking notecard or a notecard for someone who may love cooking.  I love to cook do you? So I really was inspired by the sketch, canisters, red and yellow, and plaid.  I don't think I own canisters I certainly couldn't find stamps with them in my stash but who knows I probably do and will see those stamps after this challenge 🤣 So I went with Bo Bunny Kitchen Icons Stamp and used the pots image. I stamped my pots with Memento Tuxedo ink and colored them with Copic markers and fussy cut them out.  

I cut some plaid pattern paper and a yellow from my stash and cut them according to the sketch.  I also stamped some flowers from a older Hero Arts Mouse Tea Party stamp set.  I used the coordinating dies to cut those out.  I stamped a sentiment from the Bo Bunny stamp set with Versafine Onyx ink on my yellow paper.  I cut out a 4 x 5 1/4 white paper and glued everything to it and then onto a gray A2 card base 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  That finishes this card.  I love searching in my stash don't you?  I had fun making this card.

How About Some Cute Patriotic Pups Cards For Today?

Hello everyone.  I'm so excited to share my cards using the Patriotic Pups Ephemera Die-Cuts from Not 2 Shabby. These Red, White, and Blue cards are so festive and fun. I think they came out so cute.    Without further ado here's my cards.

Aren't They Cute??

Here was the first card I made and I used Not 2 Shabby Ladybugs Hugs 6x6 Paper Pack for the red polka dot pattern paper.  I also used of course this pup from the Patriotic Pups Ephemera.  I downloaded some free Patriotic Sentiments also from Not 2 Shabby.  The other ephemera and pattern paper is from Doodlegbug Design.  I used the Say Cheese Again die from Lawn Fawn for the polaroid that I cut out with white cardstock.  I popped up the polaroid and ephemera with foam and everything else was glued with liquid glue on a A2 blue card base 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  I used some Firecrackers Buttons and More embellishments.  That finishes this card.

On this card, I used more of the red polka dot paper from Ladybug Hugs, Ephemera from Doodlebug, Ephemera from Not 2 Shabby, Sentiment from Not 2 Shabby, striped pattern paper from my stash, and a white die-cut from the EZ Wonder die #1 by LV Handcrafted.  I also added some embellishments.  Everything was glued to a blue A2 card. That finishes this card.

This square card might be my favorite I love the Doodlebug hat ephemera on this pup and firework. Another cute sentiment.  This is a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 card.  I popped up the hat with foam tape.  I did use some more red polka dot paper and embellishments.  I glued everything to a coordinating card base. That finishes this card.

My last card uses a lot of the same products.  I did use some other pattern paper from my stash and if you look closely I do have some more of that red polka dot paper.  So save your scraps to have your cards all have a little bit of the same pattern paper on all. Everything was glued to a A2 blue card base 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

And here is another look.  Did you have a favorite? I love how all my cards turned out.  They were easy and I think they are cute.  Just exactly what I wanted to spread some smiles across the miles as I mail these out to some crafty friends.  I hope I inspired you to make some Patriotic cards and or to use some ephemera and grab these pups I think they are on sale and I have a lot left over and that makes this paper hoarder so happy or I would buy another because they are so cute.

Supplies:

N2S Patriotic Pups Ephemera

N2S Ladybug Hugs Paper Pack 6x6

N2S Patriotic Sentiments 

N2S EZ Wonder Die #1 by LV Handcrafted

Doodlebug Design Land That I Love 6x6

Doodlebug Design Odds And Ends Ephemera

Buttons Galore & More Firecrackers

Lawn Fawn Say Cheese Again Lawn Cuts 

Doodlebug Design Monochromatic 6x6 Paper Pack

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